Washington (CNN) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in the United States on Tuesday for a state visit that will include high-profile talks with President Barack Obama on trade, currency, North Korea and other issues. The three-day trip includes a state dinner on Wednesday and the eighth face-to-face meeting between Obama and the Chinese leader, which administration officials say illustrates the importance of relations between two global powers at a time described by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as a "critical juncture." Chinese state media has reported that Hu will stress how a constructive, comprehensive partnership between the two nations could be mutually beneficial and help ensure stability in Asia and worldwide, despite differences between Beijing and Washington on issues such as human rights and currency controls.

A military honor guard saluted Hu and a military band played the national anthems of both countries as

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- Asia and Biden stood on a red carpet on the air base tarmac.
- Barack Obama and Biden stood on a red carpet on the air base tarmac.
- Beijing and Biden stood on a red carpet on the air base tarmac.
- Biden and Biden stood on a red carpet on the air base tarmac.
- CNN and Biden stood on a red carpet on the air base tarmac.
- China and Biden stood on a red carpet on the air base tarmac.
- Chinese and Biden stood on a red carpet on the air base tarmac.
- Hillary Clinton and Biden stood on a red carpet on the air base tarmac.
- Hu and Biden stood on a red carpet on the air base tarmac.
- Hu Jintao and Biden stood on a red carpet on the air base tarmac.
- North Korea and Biden stood on a red carpet on the air base tarmac.
- Obama and Biden stood on a red carpet on the air base tarmac.
- U.S. and Biden stood on a red carpet on the air base tarmac.
- United States and Biden stood on a red carpet on the air base tarmac.
- Washington and Biden stood on a red carpet on the air base tarmac.
- White House and Biden stood on a red carpet on the air base tarmac.
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Hu and Biden stood on a red carpet on the air base tarmac.


SOWETO, South Africa (CNN) -- It's late Sunday morning inside a cavernous Salvation Army Church in Soweto, South Africa. Services, complete with African and traditional music, have just finished and a catchy drum beat with a distinctly American hip-hop sound is coming from the stage. Laura DiFilippi, 12, gets ready to board the bus in Bushwick, Brooklyn, to go to the airport. The group of teenagers dancing around the drums is 8,000 miles and an 18-hour plane ride from their New York home. They are mostly from Bushwick, Brooklyn -- a community of about 109,000 people only five miles from Manhattan.

Compton-Rock snaps pictures while dancing to the beat and tapping on a nearby

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- AIDS drum.
- African drum.
- American drum.
- Brooklyn drum.
- Bushwick drum.
- CNN drum.
- Journey for Change drum.
- Laura DiFilippi drum.
- Malaak Compton-Rock drum.
- Manhattan drum.
- New York drum.
- SOWETO drum.
- Salvation Army Church drum.
- South Africa drum.
- Soweto drum.
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African drum.


Mario Balotelli has been hit with a one-game ban and £25,000 fine for breaking the FA’s social media rules. The Liverpool striker accepted an FA charge last week and submitted written mitigation for an image he re-posted on Instagram on December 1, which on Thursday was deemed to be abusive or insulting by a three-person independent panel. Balotelli, who did not request a personal hearing, will now miss Sunday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Arsenal. He must also attend an education course and there is a strong possibility he will face disciplinary action from Liverpool. Mario Balotelli has been fined, suspended and ordered to attend educational classes after a  social media post

But Balotelli wrote an apology on

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- Arsenal the day after, claiming it was meant to be 'anti-racist'
- Balotelli the day after, claiming it was meant to be 'anti-racist'
- Barclays Premier League the day after, claiming it was meant to be 'anti-racist'
- FA the day after, claiming it was meant to be 'anti-racist'
- Instagram the day after, claiming it was meant to be 'anti-racist'
- Italy the day after, claiming it was meant to be 'anti-racist'
- Liverpool the day after, claiming it was meant to be 'anti-racist'
- Mario Balotelli the day after, claiming it was meant to be 'anti-racist'
- Premier League the day after, claiming it was meant to be 'anti-racist'
- Twitter the day after, claiming it was meant to be 'anti-racist'
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Twitter the day after, claiming it was meant to be 'anti-racist'